woolly-headed

[ wool-ee-hed-id ]

adjective

1. having hair of a woolly texture or appearance.
2. marked by fuzzy thinking; muddleheaded; dim-witted.

Other Words From

• woolly-headed·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of woolly-headed¹

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

Elegantly-dressed ladies in magnificent litters were borne by Sicambri in red livery, or by woolly-headed Ethiopians.

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Janie again went with her, a woolly-headed lassie with velvet skin, and eyes that were always ready to laugh.

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Please tell me in your next letter what kind of voice Bll ought to have—being a woolly-headed Abyssinian.

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They have amongst them people white and red, some in color like those of the Indies, others woolly-headed, blacks and mulattoes.

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I repeated over and over again the words which the Maori had addressed to his woolly headed pupil on that hot day at Levuka.

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